Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-03-19

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of Jesus conld onlg have. taken
Itlose bleeding feet into her lap! II
she might have taken the dying
bead on her BOSOM! Ifshe might
said to Him, "It will soon be over,
Jesus; it will soon be over, and We
will meet again, and 1t will be all
we'll" Butno, she dared not c,na
up so close. They would hive
struck her back with their ham
mers. They would have liicke,l
her d0wnlthe hill.
There can be 10 alienation at all
;leslls must suffer; and Mary must.
look. Isnppose she tionglltof' the
birth hour in Bethlehem. ! sup
,p1<esbe thought!of the itimewhe
with her boysin her bosom She b, .s-S
stenssl on tile 81 iili:l eSs in.tsilsas
shigg!l toward lITssJy e supp 5sss
she thought Of His bnyhood, VIII n
He WIS the JOY OF her heart. {
suppose she thoughtsof:le thous-
and kin1uesse, He had done her,
notlorsaking her or forgetting her,
even in His last moment. but turn
ing to john, and saying: There is
mother. take her with yon. Sh, -
old now. She cannot help hers, t.
D. for her inst as | wonld have
done for her if[llad lived Be very
fender and gentle with her. Be
hold thy mother!" She thought it
all over. AMI There is no memory
like a mothers memory and there.
is no woe like a mothers woe.
| remark again This is :, tender
scene because it is IL Christian re-
union. Why was it thatin tn,
seasonal meeting, when I asked q
w0miim if it were n-r son who sat
next TO her, making profess: n Of
his faith, She maize no answer, hut
after a moment. trying to control
her emotion, she burst into tears.
| said Within myself, she need not
tell me the story. &c is tlla old STD
rs of il prodig.ll got back. "Tae
dead is alive again, ana the lost is
found.' On, how many families
there are That rejoice together to-
day.
These Christians during the rest
Of the year, perhaps. will not know
much about each other. You goin
one circle Of society, these 90 in
some o-hel circle Of society, and
this one travels in that path, and
this one the other path; but to dry
we all come on oae platform, and
we make one confession. aud we
cling to one cross. and We gaze up
on one death anguish. Ii seems to
me this morning not like ch"rcl, :
but like Il great famlly-circle. and
VIC join hands around the cross OF
Gl4lEist aud Yee ssaY, : oSReaec lE6a Gle
Christ, one doxology, one heaven"
While | stand here it seems TO mo
us if His communion table, which
is only seven OF eight leet long anIl
three or folr feet wide. widenS un
I'll all the Christians of0ur own lie.
can sit at ii; and still
tiie Jahle widens until I'LL the Chris
tianS in this land of all names and
denominations come and sit as it;
and still the table wdenS until iI
bridges the SEA, and Christians OH
the other side of the Atlantic come
aud sit ut 1t; and still thtt table
wielenS, until theredcemed Of heav-
en- mingle in the communion
Church militant; church trlum-
phant.
One army of the living God
To his command we bow,
Part of the host have crossed the flood,
And part are CLOSING now"
Again, my friends, this is an alb
scene because it aronSes so
many precious memories We look
back and remember the days Ofour
when, long before we
knew the meaning of che bread AMI
the wine, we sat in the side pewS
on Sacramento days, or in the gall
leries. AMI looked It's our fathers,
aud oder brothers and sis
ters SIT AT the communion. Or, it
we sat with them, we pulled ar
dress and said: "What
does that mean? What is that in
the cup2 WHAT'S that Oh the plateW
o, yes, we remember those Sacra-
mental days Of our boyhood. We
remember how much more tender
father was on that day than OH any
other dry. We remember how
mother stood, and without saying
one word looked at us, and her
eyes got fill OF tears. Oh! the dear
old soul! They have gone. Buy un-
Til the day of our death we will AS
sociate this holy ordinance with
their memory. And when our
work on earth is done we willjust
On up and sit down beside them III
the heavenly church, as We used to
sit beside them in the earthly
church, and then we will drink new
wine in our Fathers kingdom.
behold the saints, beloved of Col,
Washed are their roUes in Jesus's
blood;
Brighter than angels 10, they shine;
Their giories splendid and sublime"
l remark again: This scene is
tender today because it is confess
siollal. You and remember Tile
time When If II man had charged
It's with ANYTHING like inipertectlon
or wrong doing, we would have
thrown ourselves back Oh our hon.